Philipstown Potpourri "Linkage To The Past"

by Don MacDonald

Prospects for the Continental troops claiming a substantial morale building victory before the close of winter of 1776 grew dimmer with each passing day. As Washington's soldiers retreated west and north from Manhattan in great disarray, having been dealt disastrous blows on Long Island and in Brook

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